Looping AVPlayer seamlessly

Question

There has been some discussion before about how to loop an AVPlayer\'s video item, but no \'solution\' is seamless enough to provide lag-less l

Answer 1

I use two AVPlayerItems with the same AVAsset in an AVQueuePlayer and switch the items:

 weak var w = self
 NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserverForName(AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification, object: nil, queue: nil) { (notification) -> Void in
        let queuePlayer = w!.playerController.player! as! AVQueuePlayer
        if(queuePlayer.currentItem == playerItem1) {
            queuePlayer.insertItem(playerItem2, afterItem: nil)
            playerItem1.seekToTime(kCMTimeZero)
        } else {
            queuePlayer.insertItem(playerItem1, afterItem: nil)
            playerItem2.seekToTime(kCMTimeZero)
        }
    }